Loneliness, fear and sensory deprivation are just some of the things solo sailor Lisa Blair had to contend with during her epic solo voyage around Antarctica - but she says it was "definitely worth it".

Queenslander Lisa Blair will make history as the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica when she arrives back on the Australian mainland today but says she just wants to wash her hair after months at sea.

Solo yachtswoman Lisa Blair, whose world record attempt to circumnavigate Antarctica floundered in heavy seas in April, is finally on her way back to Australia after her boat was repaired in Cape Town.